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Dialectology & Language Contact - Pragmatics - Portuguese Linguistics - Sociolinguistics - Bilingualism & Code-Switching - SLA - Historical & Descriptive Linguistics - Syntax & Semantics - Language Typology - 3rd Language Acquisition - Phonetics & Phonology - Applied Linguistics
Español en los EEUU - Português brasileiro - Español caribeño - Español en el suroeste - Portuñol / Portunhol - Dialectos ibéricos - Português na África - Español andino - Language Contact: English & Spanish - Español centroamericano
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Call for Papers



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1st Annual Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Linguistics Conference
February 17th - 19th, 2012
CALL FOR PAPERS: Spanish & Portuguese Linguistics
The Spanish Linguistics Graduate Students at Arizona State University are honored to invite you to our inaugural Hispanic & Luso-Brazilian Linguistics conference (website: http://asulingconf2012.blogspot.com). The conference offers an opportunity for graduate students of Spanish & Portuguese linguistics to share their current research. Our keynote speakers will also present research on topics in Spanish SLA & Sociolinguistics.

John Lipski, The Pennsylvania State University
Spanish & Portuguese Dialectology, Sociolinguistics & Variation, Bilingualism
Robert Blake, University of California - Davis
SLA, Spanish Syntax & History, Language Learning Technology
The conference calls for linguistic analyses of all Spanish & Portuguese varieties, including the Iberian Peninsula, Latin America, North America & Africa. These different empirical, historical or theoretical perspectives could be research on, for example: language contact, language instruction, typology, language in context, universal grammar or language in the social context. Topics may include, but are not limited to:

  • Dialectology & Language Contact
  • Pragmatics
  • Portuguese Linguistics
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Bilingualism & Code-switching
  • Morphology, Syntax & Semantics
  • Acquisition of 2nd (SLA) & 3rd languages
  • Spanish in the US
  • Historical & Comparative Linguistics
  • Phonetics & Phonology
  • Applied Linguistics
Participants should send their abstracts to asulingconf2012@gmail.com.  The subject of the email should read "Conference Abstract". Please include: Title of presentation, an Abstract of the presentation (250 word max) in English, Spanish or Portuguese, Author & School, Email address, a brief CV(or attached) & any audiovisual accommodations required. We encourage students to submit abstracts as soon as possible.

*Presenters will be admitted & notified on a rolling basis*. The deadline for abstract submission has been extended to January 20th, 2012. Presentations may be up to 20 minutes and in Spanish, English or Portuguese, followed by 10 minutes of discussion & questions. The conference registration fee is $25. For more information regarding the conference & Tempe/Phoenix, please visit our website: http://asulingconf2012.blogspot.com
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